STATEMENT FOR PUBLIC 
ISSUED BY THE STEERING BOARD OF 
THE HELSINKI COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN BIH

1.  The Steering Board of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in BiH, at its session held on 28 January 2002, supported with the majority votes the work of the Helsinki Committee until now.
   The estimate of the Steering Board was that the Helsinki Committee has been fully working in compliance with its programme orientation, European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as a part of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights.

2. The Steering Board stated that the Helsinki Committee, despite pressures it was exposed to recently, is determined to urge for full respect for human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for reaffirmation of the role of the institutions in charge of protection of human rights, particularly of courts, police, civil administration and institutions for protection of human rights.

3. The Steering Board with the majority votes supported the standpoints expressed by the President of the Helsinki Committee in BiH in the case of «Algerian Group» and considers them as the views of the Helsinki Committee. The Steering Board does not put in question the rights and freedom of every member of the HC in BiH to express different views and opinion.

4. The Steering Board has, on the proposal of 30 members of the Helsinki Committeee, and on the basis of the Article 8 of the Statute of the HC in BiH, passed a decision to convene the extraordinary Assembly of the HC in BiH on the 15th of February 2002.

Sarajevo, 28 January 2002
No. 31A-01/2002

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